General Discussion

The Lord of the Rings Online official site has been updated with a description of session play, one of the new features that will be added to the game in the next update. Session play will allow players to enter the world and play with a temporary character in the form of a troll, a ranger, or a chicken.

Our first content update, Book 9: Shores of Evendim, expanded the world of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM: Shadows of AngmarTM with new quests, content, and an entire new region. For our next update we wanted to introduce something a little different!

One of the new features to be introduced in our next big content update is what we're calling Session Play!

Session Play is a new system that allows you to play as a character other than your normal character. These characters do not have permanence, so you don't keep them like you do your Free Peoples or monster play characters. You could play as a Ranger, a Troll, or... a chicken. It's an opportunity to explore Middle-earth from a different - and sometimes unexpected - viewpoint.

Read more about session play here.

Weird...   could be fun though.

*BAWK!*

I fully endorse this feature

*BAWK!*

While the chicken thing sounds possibly fun I dont know how I feel about this as an update.  Is this the sort of "free content" we can expect from here on out?  I dont want an Evindim popping up every month necessairily. 

Having pissed on that... I do think that if we can engage in a sort of spacific PvP as a troll outside of MP that might be fun. 

I dont want the boys to get too distracted from the game... well, not too much.

LOL cant wait to be the top Cock on the Block.

(sorry couldnt resist)

Happy 4th to all who celebrate it.

Originally posted by Guinnesstout

While the chicken thing sounds possibly fun I dont know how I feel about this as an update.  Is this the sort of "free content" we can expect from here on out?  I dont want an Evindim popping up every month necessairily.

Don't worry to much about it. As the article says, "one of the new features", I'm pretty sure this Session Play isn't the only thing the update will be focusing on. Let's just wait to see what else they have in store before we bash the update as a whole.

 Well... Wasn't exactly expecting this sort of expansion I give them 4 stars out of 5 for creativity though!I seriously cant wait to see whats next! Hrmm I hope fishing is in the game soon. Not to mention small canoes would be great Imagine zooming thru the midgewater on your elven canoe! I think this games going to be a plethora of mini-games by the end of its lifecycle.

weird idea, but it'll let me play as a Ranger, so i suppose it's not a bad thing... but still a chicken?

itll be like playing a cockroach on WoW...

creative though, i'm definately going to try it... just because of curiousity.

What a great idea1  It's almost exactly what I had pictured "Monster Play" to be!  I can't wait to try it - I  this game!

like "who cares"

they should get working on other things that this stupidity